Elites are people, too: The effects of threat sensitivity on policymakers' spending priorities.

Recent research suggests that psychological needs can influence the political attitudes of ordinary citizens, often outside of their conscious awareness. In this paper, we investigate whether psychological needs also shape the spending priorities of political elites in the US. Most models of policym...

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Main Authors: Kevin Arceneaux, Johanna Dunaway, Stuart Soroka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5892868?pdf=render